Tom Cruise: September 2007

Friday, September 14, 2007

Paramount cuts ties with Tom Cruise

The latest high-profile Hollywood breakup is between Tom Cruise and his studio.Sumner Redstone, entertainment giant Viacom chairman, said the reason behind the break-up with superstar Tom Cruise was because they were annoyed with his starry attitude.

Speaking about it at Berlin International Film Festival, Redstone said the main reason for the split between Paramount, his flagship venture, and the most powerful and bankable star in the world happened because he wanted to send a signal to the industry that a star is not important, it's the script which is the king.

He said: 'Tom Cruise is a great actor. It was just his behaviour... We are paying the talent too much. Because it is not the talent that makes the movie, it is the script. And if you have a great script, the talent rushes to appear in it and not at too heavy a price.

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Profile

An actor whose name has become synonymous with All-American testosterone-driven entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one of Hollywood's brightest shining Golden Boys. With black hair, blue eyes, and unabashed cockiness, Cruise rode high on such hits as Top Gun and Rain Man. Although his popularity dimmed slightly in the early '90s, he was able to bounce back with a string of hits that re-established him as both an action hero and, in the case of Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, a talented actor.

Name : Tom Cruise

Birth Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Height: 5' 7''Sex: M

Nationality: American

Birth Date: July 3, 1962

BirthPlace:Syracuse, New York, USA

Profession: Actor, Producer, Director, Writer

Education: Franciscan seminary (dropped out in a year) ,Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge, NJ (dropped out)

Husband/Wife:

Nicole Kidman (actress; married on December 24, 1990; separated since December 2000; filed for divorce on February 7, 2001; divorced on August 8, 2001),

Mimi Rogers (actress; married on May 9, 1987; divorced in January 1990)

Relationship:

Katie Holmes (actress; born on December 18, 1978),

Sofia Vergara (Columbian; model; born on July 10, 1972),

Penelope Cruz (Spanish; actress; reportedly began dating summer 2001; split up at the end of January 2004),

Rebecca De Mornay (actress; 1983-1985)

Father: Thomas Cruise Mapother III (electrical engineer; died in 1984 of cancer)

Mother:Mary Lee Mapother

Sister :

Cass Mapother (born in 1963),

Marian Mapother (born in 1961),

Lee Anne Mapother (born in 1959)

Step Father: Joe South

Son: Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise (born on February 1995; adopted)

Daughter:Suri (born on Tuesday April 18, 2006 in Los Angeles; weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces; 20 inches long; mother: Katie Holmes)

Claim to fame: As Joel Goodson in Risky Business (1983)

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Dating With Girl's Friend

Sofia Vergara Biography

Name :Sofia Vergara

Birth Name : Sofia Margarita Vergara

Nationality : Colombian

Date Of Birth : July 10, 1972

Occupation : actress,model

Son : Manolo (born in 1992)

What's up with Tom Cruise and all these Latin women? First he had a long relationship with Penelope Cruz (from Spain) and now he has been dating Sofia Vergara for about a month. What can we say, he does have a great taste! All these women are very different from former wife, Nicole Kidman (at least they are all much shorter, which is a plus for Cruise).

Even though Sofia is not a Scientologist, the two met at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood. Tom is introducing Sofia to the religion, but apparently he is not pushing it (Penelope could tell you all about this). So, we'll see if Cruise can convert Sofia to Scientology or not. The megastar has been involved with the religion for many years and is more than devoted to it.

He is also very committed to his children, Connor and Isabella. Kidman and Cruise adopted both during their marriage and now enjoy joint custody. Both Tom and Nicole are very devoted patents.

Cruise (42) and Vergara (32) are taking the relationship to a higher level by meeting each others children.

Rebecca De Mornay

Born: Aug 29, 1961 in Santa Rosa, California

Occupation: Hollywood Actress , Director

Active: '80s-2000s

Major Genres: Drama, ThrillerCareer

Highlights: The Trip to Bountiful, Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Tom Cruise hooked up with "Risky Business" co-star Rebecca De Mornay for a brief period.

Rebecca was raised in France and went to college in Suffolk, England. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. After gaining fame in the highly successful movie "Risky Business," Rebecca went on to star in other films such as "BackDraft" and appeared on the TV show "E.R."

Tom Cruise Dated Cher in 1985

Every drag queen's dream. A Tom Cruise reality.

Name :Cher

Birth Name : Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre

Date of Birth :20 May 1946

Place of Birth : El Centro, California, USA

Height : 5' 8½''

Nationality : American

Profession : Hollywood Actress, Pop Singer

Sometimes Called : Sonny & Cher,Sonny and Cher,Cherilyn,Chér.

Tom Cruise lived with Cher according to her son Elijah Allman who saidabout Cruise "people aren't buying into his whole act".Allman is Cher's son with musician Gregg Allman. He tells Us Weekly that Cruise has changed a lot. "He was totally different. We lived with him for a couple of years."Allman had already made headlines when he confessed on the Howard Stern radio show that he had sex with Paris Hilton & that he was afraid he'd contracted a STD from her!

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Life Partners

Mimi Rogers

Cruise was married to Mimi Rogers (married on May 9, 1987, divorced February 4, 1990). Rogers is generally believed to be the one who introduced Cruise to Scientology.

Father: Philip J. Spickler (Scientology minister, civil engineer)

Husband: Jim Rogers (Scientology counselor, m. 1977, div. 1980)

Husband: Tom Cruise (b. 3-Jul-1962, m. 9-May-1987, div. 1990)

Boyfriend: Chris Chiaffa (b. 1963, cohabiting since 1990)

Son: Charlie Rogers-Chiaffa (b. 30-Jul-2001, 8 lbs 10 oz, with Chris Chiaffa)

Daughter: Lucy Julia Rogers-Ciaffa (b. 20-Nov-1995, with Chris Chiaffa)

Boyfriend: Ed Marinaro

Boyfriend: Tom Selleck

Boyfriend: Bobby Shriver Nicole KidmanCruise met Nicole Kidman on the set of their film Days of Thunder.

Nicole Kidman

The couple married on December 24, 1990 and divorced on August 8, 2001. He and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella (born 1993) and Connor (born 1995). They separated when Kidman was three months pregnant, just shy of their 10 year wedding anniversary; she later miscarried.

Father: Anthony Kidman (biochemist)

Mother: Janelle MacNeille (nursing instructor)

Sister: Antonia Kidman-Hawley (younger)

Husband: Tom Cruise (actor, m. 24-Dec-1990, div. 8-Aug-2001, two children adopted)Daughter: Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise (adopted, b. 22-Dec-1992)

Son: Connor Anthony Cruise (adopted, b. 17-Jan-1995)

Boyfriend: Lenny Kravitz (dated, 2003-04)

Boyfriend: Robbie WilliamsHusband: Keith Urban (dating since 2005, m. 25-Jun-2006)

Penélope Cruz

Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. In March 2004, he announced that his relationship with Penélope Cruz had ended in January.Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz end relationship

Name At Birth : Penélope Cruz Sánchez

Date of Birth : 28 April 1974

Place of Birth :Madrid, Spain

Nickname : Pe

Father : Eduardo Cruz (auto mechanic)

Mother :Encarna Cruz (hairdresser manager)

Sister : Monica (professional flamenco dancer)

Brother : Eduardo Jr

Katie Holmes

Full Name : Kate Noelle Holmes

Date Of Birth : December 18, 1978

Place Of Birth : Toledo, Ohio

Education : High School (Notre Dame)

College: Columbia University, New York, New York (deferred admission)

Occupation : Actress

Father : Martin Holmes (Lawyer)

Mother :Kathy Holmes (Homemaker)

Siblings :four sisters, one brother (Youngest is Katie)

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Popularity

In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history.Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 movie stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list.
In 2006, Premiere magazine established Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor, as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazines 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor.
On 16 June 2006, Forbes magazine published 'The Celebrity 100', a list of the most powerful celebrities, in which Cruise came top. The list was generated using a combination of income (between June 2005 and June 2006), web references by Google, press clips compiled by LexisNexis, television and radio mentions (by Factiva), and the number of times a celebrity appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines.
As of August 2006, "a USA Today/Gallup poll in which half of those surveyed registered an "unfavorable" opinion of the actor" was cited as a reason in addition to "unacceptable behavior" for Paramount's non-renewal of their production contract with Tom.

Controversy
Scientology
Cruise is arguably Hollywood's most outspoken member of the Church of Scientology. He became involved with Scientology in 1990 through his first wife, Mimi Rogers. Cruise has publicly said that Scientology, specifically the L. Ron Hubbard Scientology Study Tech, helped him overcome his dyslexia. It has been claimed that Cruise belongs to one of the highest echelons of the "Church of Scientology", known as "Operating Thetan Seven" or OT-VII,and it has been suggested that Cruise's increasing willingness to talk openly about Scientology may be a reflection of this.
A controversy erupted in 2005 after he openly criticized actress Brooke Shields for using the drug Paxil, an anti-depressant, to which Shields attributes her recovery from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter in 2003. Cruise asserted that there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance, and that psychiatry is a form of pseudoscience. This led to a heated argument with Matt Lauer on The Today Show on June 24, 2005. Brooke Shields responded to Cruise's comments by calling them "irresponsible and dangerous". In late August of 2006, Cruise apologized in person to Shields for his comments; Shields said that she was "impressed with how heartfelt [the apology] was [...] I didn't feel at any time that I had to defend myself, nor did I feel that he was trying to convince me of anything other than the fact that he was deeply sorry. And I accepted it." Cruise's spokesman confirmed that Cruise and Shields had made up but said that Cruise's position on anti-depressants had not changed.
Tom Cruise with Dr. Thomas Szasz during the annual dinner of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.

Cruise also claimed in an Entertainment Weekly interview that psychiatry "is a Nazi science" and that methadone was actually originally called Adolophine after Adolf Hitler, a myth well-known as an urban legend. In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, Cruise claimed that "In Scientology, we have the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called Narconon... It's a statistically proven fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. Period". While Narconon claims to have a success rate over 70%, the accuracy of this figure has been widely disputed.It has been reported that Cruise adopted his anti-psychiatry philosophies from Dr. Thomas Szasz, a leading critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry. Scientology is also well-known for its anti-psychiatry stance, which may also have affected his viewpoint on the subject.

As of 2005, Tom Cruise has begun campaigning on behalf of the Church of Scientology before politicians and government officials around the world. Such advocacy did not go well in several European countries where this organization is considered to be a cult. As an example, on July 13, 2005, after it was learned that he lobbied Nicolas Sarkozy and Jean-Claude Gaudin (the mayor of Marseille), the city council of Paris vowed "never to receive [before the council or the mayor] the actor Tom Cruise, spokesman for Scientology and self-declared militant for this organisation"

He has also campaigned and raised donations for Downtown Medical, which he co-founded, to offer New York 9/11 rescue workers detoxification therapy based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard. This has drawn criticism from the medical profession, as well as firefighters.

Concern has also been voiced about Holmes and her relationship to Scientology. Roger Friedman of the Fox News Channel claimed that Katie Holmes disappeared for sixteen days in April 2005 when even her own family did not know her whereabouts. Allegedly, the last time she had been seen, Holmes had flown to meet with Tom Cruise for a possible role in Mission: Impossible III. When she re-appeared, Holmes stated she was in love with Tom Cruise and studying Scientology. The actress then fired her long-time manager and agent and acquired Jessica Rodriguez, a prominent member of the Church of Scientology.

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Jumping the couch

Tom Cruise jumps on a couch during the filming of an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Cruise has made several bold expressions of his feelings for Holmes to the media, most notably the "couch incident" which took place on the popular talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show of May 23, 2005. In that instance, Cruise "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend."This scene has been parodied in numerous venues in film (Scary Movie 4), on TV (Family Guy). The "couch incident" was voted #1 of 2005's "Most Surprising Television Moments" on a countdown onThe term "Jumping the Couch," fashioned after "jumping the shark," is used to describe someone "going off the deep end" in public. The term is usually synonymous with a nervous breakdown accompanied by often bizarre or unintentionally humorous behavior in public. It enjoyed a short-lived popularity, being chosen by the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang as the "slang term of the year" in 2005 and by the nonprofit group Global Language Monitor as one of its top phrases for the year.

Parodies

As noted, the scene has been parodied numerous times, including:

A YTMND reworking of the scene to make it look like Cruise kills Oprah with Sith lightning emanating from his hands.

A mashup of James Frey's infamous 2006 appearance on Oprah and Cruise's appearance was released by Best Week Ever, in which Oprah appears to call Cruise a liar.

The 2006 film Scary Movie 4 parodies the Oprah scene.

Litigation related to gay rumors

The Daily Express newspaper — During his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman, the couple endured public speculation about their sex life and rumors that Cruise was gay. In 1998, he sued a British tabloid that alleged that the marriage was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality.

David Ehrenstein - Tom Cruise's lawyers threaten to sue Ehrenstein for his book titled "Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-1998", that discussed Cruise's appeal to both men and women

Chad Slater — In May 2001 he filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater (aka Kyle Bradford). Slater had allegedly told the celebrity magazine Actustar that he had engaged in an affair with Cruise. Both Slater and Cruise denied this, and in August 2001 Slater was ordered to pay $10 million to Cruise in damages.

Michael Davis — He also sued Michael Davis, a magazine publisher, who alleged that he had photographs that would prove Tom Cruise was homosexual; this suit was dropped in exchange for a public statement by Davis that Tom Cruise was heterosexual.

Publicist

Cruise's more open attitude to Scientology has been attributed to the departure of his publicist of 14 years, Pat Kingsley, in March 2004. He replaced her with his sister, fellow Scientologist Lee Anne DeVette, who served in that role until November 2005 . He then demoted his sister and replaced her with veteran publicist Paul Bloch, from the publicity firm Rogers and Cowan. Such restructuring is seen as a move to curtail publicity about his Scientology views, as well as the hard-sell of his relationship with Katie Holmes backfiring with the public . DeVette explained that it was her decision to work on philanthropic projects rather than publicity.

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Hit Films of Tom

Cruise's first acting role came in 1981, when he had a small role in Endless Love, a drama/romance film starring Brooke Shields. After that he had a more substantial role in a bigger film, Taps, appearing alongside , Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. The film about military cadets was moderately successful. In 1983, he was one of many young teenage stars to appear in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders. The cast for this film included Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, and Ralph Macchio. That same year Cruise appeared in the teen comedy Losin' It with Shelley Long. Also in 1983, Risky Business was released, widely thought to be the film that propelled Cruise to stardom. One sequence in the film, featuring Cruise lip-syncing Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" in his underwear, has become an iconic moment in film history. The film has been described as "A Generation-X classic, and a career-maker for Tom Cruise". A fourth film that was released in 1983 was the high-school football drama, All the Right Moves.

Cruise's next film was Ridley Scott's Legend. Cruise was picked as the first choice by big producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson for an upcoming American fighter pilot film. Cruise at first apparently turned down the project, but helped to alter the script he was given and developed the film. After being taken for a flight with the Blue Angels, Cruise changed his mind and signed on with the project. Top Gun opened in May of 1986 and became the highest grossing film of the year, taking in US$353,816,701 in worldwide figures. He also starred in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money that same year. In 1988 he starred in the light hearted drama Cocktail. The film received mixed reviews and Cruise was subsequently nominated for a Razzie award in 1989. Later that year, Rain Man was released, which also starred Dustin Hoffman. The film was praised by critics and was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won all four.

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Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which has been variously characterized by published film critics as "an odd mixture of science fiction, romance, and reality warp", "part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond" a "love story, a struggle for the soul, or an existential confrontation with the eternal", and an "erotic adventure, romance, comedy, mystery and psychological thriller, with a dose of science fiction".
The film stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Penélope Cruz, Jason Lee, and Kurt Russell. It was directed by Cameron Crowe, who produced the film together with Cruise and Paula Wagner.It is a "very close remake" of the 1997 Spanish film Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil. Penélope Cruz takes the role of Sofia Serrano, who is based on her character of Sofia from Abre Los Ojos. he film grossed around 100 million dollars in U.S. box office.
The title is a reference to depictions of skies in some of the paintings of Claude Monet; Crowe has noted that the presence of "vanilla skies" in the film is one clue to understanding turns that the plot takes.

Directed by Cameron CroweProduced by Cameron CroweTom CruisePaula WagnerWritten by Alejandro AmenábarMateo GilCame ron Crowe
Starring Tom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazJason LeeKurt Russell

The Few

This is a new film releasing in 2008 with Tom Cruise set to star as real-life American World War II pilot Billy Fiske. This film is to be directed by Michael Mann and based on the book by writer Alex Kershaw.

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Starring Tom Cruise

Release date(s) Summer 2008

I Married a Witch
Married a Witch is a 2007 romantic comedy that will star Tom Cruise & Famke Janssen. It will be directed by Danny Devito from a script written by Michael Leeson based on characters created by Norman Matson & Thorne Smith.

Mission : Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III (abbreviated M:i:III) is the third film based on the television series Mission: Impossible. Tom Cruise reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt, and stars along with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Crudup, Laurence Fishburne,Til Schweiger, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg and Keri Russell.The film is directed by Alias creator and Lost executive producer J. J. Abrams. It was first released on April 26, 2006 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and widely released in the United States on May 5, 2006. Surprisingly, the US release was later than 19 other countries around the world, which had already released the film on either May 3 or May 4. Filming began in Rome, Italy in July 2005. The film had been kept under extremely tight wraps, and very little was known of its plots or new featured characters during filming. Location filming took place in Berlin, Italy, Shanghai, Xitang, Virginia, and California.

Directed by J. J. Abrams

Produced by Tom CruisePaula Wagner

Written by Alex KurtzmanRoberto OrciJ. J. AbramsStarring Tom CruisePhilip Seymour HoffmanVing RhamesMichelle MonaghanTil SchweigerBilly CrudupLaurence FishburneJonathan Rhys-MeyersMaggie QSimon PeggKeri Russell

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The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai is an action/drama film written by John Logan and directed by Edward Zwick that was released in the United States on December 5, 2003. The plot deals with American soldier Nathan Algren (played by Tom Cruise) whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in the Empire of Japan between 1876 and 1877.The film's plot is loosely based on the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigo Takamori, and also on the story of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the Boshin War. The historical roles in Japanese westernization by the United Kingdom, Germany and France are largely attributed to the United States in the film, and characters in the film and the real story are simplified for plot purposes. While it is not an accurate source of historical information, the film illustrates some major issues in Japanese history.The final battle scene bears many echos of Akira Kurosawa's 1980 epic "Kagemusha". Although this film was set three centuries earlier, it too explores the contrast between the traditional Japanese approach to war and more modern techniques, weapons and attitudes.

Directed by Edward Zwick

Produced by Tom Cruise,Tom EnglemanMarshall HerskovitzScott KroopfPaula WagnerEdward Zwick

Written by Story: John Logan

Screenplay: John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

Starring Tom Cruise,Ken Watanabe,Masato Harada,Koyuki,Hiroyuki Sanada

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Mission Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is the 2000 John Woo-directed sequel to Brian De Palma's 1996 Mission: Impossible motion picture, based on the TV series of the same name.M:I-2 sees IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) teaming up with former partner Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), professional thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) and helicopter pilot Billy Baird (John Polson) in order to thwart the plans of former IMF agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). The film also stars Brendan Gleeson, Richard Roxburgh and Anthony Hopkins in an uncredited role as Hunt's overseer Swanbeck.The film combined James Bond-style espionage action (in contrast to the last film and TV series) with John Woo's visual flair, including his trademark slow-motion, double fisted pistol shootouts and white doves appearing before combat. However, the limiting PG-13 rating applied to the film meant that the final picture was considerably toned down in violence from his past works, such as Broken Arrow. However, the UK version includes the additional scenes of violence which earned the film a '15' certificate from the BBFC.Production of the film was troubled and was shut down for several weeks as the script was re-worked. As a result both Dougray Scott and Thandie Newton lost the chance to appear in starring roles in other films. Cruise and Woo had reportedly clashed several times throughout filming over creative differences, but both walked away from it on good terms.The film was a financial hit and grossed close to $215 million in its domestic American release and approx. $330 million abroad.

Directed by John Woo

Produced by Tom CruisePaula Wagner

Written by Robert Towne

Starring Tom Cruise,Dougray Scott,Thandie Newton,Ving Rhames

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Mission:Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1996) is the first film based on the television series Mission: Impossible. It was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The film was the third highest grossing of the year.

Directed by Brian De Palma

Produced by Paul HitchcockTom CruisePaula Wagner

Written by David Koepp,Steven Zaillian,Robert Towne

Starring Tom Cruise,Emmanuelle Béart,Jon Voight,Jean Reno,Ving Rhames

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The Firm

The Firm is a legal thriller film released in 1993, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, and David Strathairn. The movie is based on the novel, The Firm, by author John Grisham

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Produced by John Davis,Sydney Pollack,Scott Rudin

Written by John Grisham (book)David Rabe,Robert TowneDavid Rayfiel

Starring Tom Cruise,Jeanne Tripplehorn,Gene Hackman,Ed Harris,Holly Hunter,Hal HolbrookDavid Strathairn

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Day of Thunder

Days of Thunder is a 1990 movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life racers Rusty Wallace, and the late Neil Bonnett. ESPN commentator Dr. Jerry Punch also made an appearance.

Directed by Tony Scott

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer,Don Simpson

Written by Robert Towne

Starring Tom Cruise,Robert Duvall,Nicole Kidman,Randy Quaid,Cary Elwes,Michael Rooker

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Cocktail

Cocktail was a hit movie released by Touchstone Pictures in 1988. Cocktail stars Tom Cruise as a talented bartender who finds love while working at a bar in Jamaica.

Directed by Roger Donaldson

Produced by Ted FieldRobert W. Cort

Written by Heywood Gould

Starring Tom CruiseBryan Brown,Elisabeth Shue

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Color of Money

The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). Felson is no longer a pool player, but owns a pool hall. He goes on tour versus Minnesota Fats for a cable sports show, and while losing to Fats, he regains some of his competitiveness that he lost. Fast Eddie discovers something he has been missing all those years owning the poolhall. Pride.
It was adapted into a 1986 film of the same name, with Paul Newman reprising his role from the movie version of The Hustler. The film also stars Tom Cruise as Vincent, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Carmen, Helen Shaver as Janelle and John Turturro as Julian. The movie was adapted by Richard Price from the novel, and was directed by Martin Scorsese. It was given an 'R' rating by the MPAA.

The movie won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Newman) and was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Writing, Screenplay ased on Material from Another Medium.

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Produced by Irving AxelradBarbara De Fina

Written by Walter Tevis (novel)Richard Price

Starring Paul Newman,Tom Cruise,Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,John Turturro

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Top Gun

Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article written by Ehud Yonay for California Magazine entitled "Top Guns." The film starred Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, Tim Robbins, and Meg Ryan.The film follows LT Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, a young naval aviator who aspires to be a top fighter pilot in a prestigious naval school which trains the top 1% of all Naval Aviators. Maverick gets his chance to attend the school after one pilot drops out, allowing for him and his RIO (Radar Intercept Officer, the "back seater" in the two-man F-14) LTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw to train with the best.

The film opened on May 16, 1986 to good reviews, the aerial scenes being most notably praised. The film accumulated over $350 million world-wide, and broke home-video sales records.

Directed by Tony Scott

Produced by Don SimpsonJerry Bruckheimer

Written by Ehud Yonay (article)Jim Cash (screenplay)Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay)

Starring Tom CruiseKelly McGillis,Val Kilmer,Anthony Edwards,Tom Skerritt

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Legend

Legend is a 1985 fantasy film released by 20th Century Fox (in Europe) and Universal Pictures (in the U.S. and Canada), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, and Billy Barty. Though not a very notable success when first released, it has since become a cult.
Directed by Ridley Scott

Produced by Joseph P. Grace (U.S. version)Tim HamptonArnon Milchan

Written by William Hjortsberg

Starring Tom CruiseMia Sara,Tim Curry

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All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham.

Directed by Michael Chapman
Produced by Stephen DeutschGary Morton
Written by Michael Kane
Starring Tom Cruise,Craig T. Nelson,Lea Thompson

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Risky Business

Risky Business is a 1983 film written and directed by Paul Brickman. Considered a breakout film for actor Tom Cruise (in the role of Joel Goodson), the movie is about a suburban Chicago teenager. While his parents are on vacation, Joel sinks his father's Porsche 928 into Lake Michigan. To raise money for the repairs, Joel runs a brothel in his parents' Glencoe house.The film also stars Rebecca De Mornay as Lana, Joe Pantoliano as Guido, Curtis Armstrong as Miles, Richard Masur as the Princeton University interviewer, and Bronson Pinchot as Barry.The movie's iconic sequence is the one in which Cruise dances and lip syncs in his underwear to Bob Seger's classic song "Old Time Rock & Roll".The film is considered to be a social and political satire by many critics. One critic went so far as to imply that Cruise's famous dance sequence was a metaphor for the loose period of freedom after the Vietnam war. Whatever the truth of this, the film as a whole is a very thorough look at the rites of passage of a young man becoming an adult. The film's cinematography and existentialist moments have been compared to the film American peauty, with one critic calling Risky Business a sort of peqquel

Directed byPaul Brickman

Produced byJon AvnetJames O'Fallon,Steve Tisch

Written byPaul Brickman

StarringTom Cruise,Rebecca De Mornay

Music byTangerine Dream

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Outsiders

The Outsiders is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton, and was made in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Produced by Gray Frederickson,Fred Roos

Written by Kathleen Rowell

Starring C. Thomas Howell,Matt DillonRalph Macchio,Patrick SwayzeRob Lowe,Diane LaneEmilio EstevezTom Cruise,Leif Garrett

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Taps

Taps is a 1981 dramatic film, starring Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Ronny Cox and George C. Scott, directed by Harold Becker. Hutton was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1982 for his role in the film.The screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, James Lineberger and Darryl Ponicsan is based on the novel Father Sky by Devery Freeman. The original music score is composed by Maurice Jarre. The film's tagline is This school is our home, we think it's worth defending

Directed by:Harold Becker

Produced by:Howard B. Jaffe,Stanley R. Jaffe

Written by:Devery Freeman,Robert Mark Kamen,James Lineberger,Darryl PonicsanStarring:George C. Scott,Timothy Hutton,Ronny Cox

Music by:Maurice Jarre

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Endless Love

Endless Love is a 1981 English language drama film and romance film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt. The screenplay by Judith Rascoe was adapted from the novel by Scott Spencer. The original music score was composed by Jonathan Tunick. The film is marketed with the tagline She is 15. He is 17. The love every parent fears.

Directed by:Franco Zeffirelli

Produced by:Keith Barish Dyson Lovell

Written by:Judith Rascoe (screenplay)Based on the novel by Scott Spencer

Starring:Brooke Shields,Martin Hewitt

Music by:Lionel Richie,Jonathan Tunick

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